CouchCast 42: He-Man Walks Into a Bar…

Posted on | March 10, 2010 | 4 Comments

Dave-erator joins the crew on the ugly couch as we discuss the week in geek: Lady Gaga track pack for Rock Band, Battlestar Galactica browser based MMO, Capcom Street Fighter IV for iPhone, In The Beginning by John Fusco and David Cunningham, Fright Night remake by Craig Gillespie and Marti Noxon, Marvel’s ultimate comic fan’s TV, a relaunched Police Academy movie, Reign of Fire, Pet Sematary remake, J. Michael Straczynski writing Superman and Wonder Woman, King Kong coming back to Universal Studios, new Futurama episodes on Comedy Central, Tron: Legacy, Tron animated series on Disney Channel, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Felicia Day stars in Red on Syfy, Alice in Wonderland, Caprica, Rock Band 3, Chile earthquake moves the city of Concepcion 10 feet, Mcdonald’s McDelivery service in Singapore, Sophia Heesch identifies Lego Star Wars figures with her mouth, William Shatner’s myouterspace.com social network, LactoPharma’s Recharge ice cream, 600 million tons of ice found on the moon, and the Big List: Top 7 ways games can transform you into a superior human being.

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press lines SUCK

Posted on | July 23, 2009 | No Comments

Torgo is hallucinating beside me. He’s speaking to an imaginary Jeff Bridges about Tron and what doesn’t make sense to him. Something about grid bugs. I’m afraid to acknowledge him.

You see, the Press Line was not the experience was expected. Not in the least. We got in easily enough. Our tag was placed on the red carpet, as were many other tags, from many other web media outlets. In fact, they were placed about 6 inches apart, forcing us to jockey for position with each other. The PR wranglers directed the talent to certain outlets and skipped many others, including ours. Talent? Well, that’s an overstatement. There was not much talent there. Tim Burton and the cast of Alice in Wonderland skipped the line entirely. The stars of Tron never came out. Eventually, we left.

We wandered into a room that we woudl be in later, and lo and behold, there were the stars of Tron, being interviewed in a air conditioned room, by the big name broadcast press. Well. Interesting. The online press outside in the heat were clearly snubbed. Soemtimes it sucks being online press.

Anyway, that’s it for us and press lines. It’s one-on-ones and THAT’S IT. We cater to geeks. Geeks need air-conditioning, and so do we.

Torgo is dreaming of riding lightcycles with Jeff Bridges. Wistfully. It’s time to get him some food. His blood sugar is low or some bullshit. Maybe a hooker.